TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 12, 14 July 1939, Page 13

TURF NEWS IN BRIEF

Though not mentioned as such in the telegraphed acceptances, Count Willonyx and Umpire will form a bracket in the hunt steeples at Hastings tomorrow. '. Tideway made an impression when finishing second to Areas •at Hastings last month at his first start, and he will be well backed in whatever Tace he starts at Hastings tomorrow. The name Salvation has been regis-, tered for a yearling filly by Phaleron Bay from Saxon Saint. The youngster, who is owned by Mr. G. C. Glenn, is a half-sister to Clarion Call and Kaiwaka. Slayer's purchase by Mr. L.. C. Hazlett, vice-president of the Dunedin Jockey Club, last month was actually an exchange, as the consideration'giyen for him was another horse, ' Withdrawal, who has been twice in the minor money in two outings since that deal and is engaged at Waimate to-

morrow. ' '' In the Hawke's Bay Hunt Cup last year, won by Kikiroki, the third horse was Sabatini and the fourth horse Hilaria, both of whom are engaged again tomorrow. The two-year-old filly Royal Huntress, by Safari from Joy Princess, who was purchased by Mr. E. J. Hamley at Trentham, has entered I: Tucker's stable at Ellerslie. Royal Huntress, who has done little racing, is a sturdy filly likely to do well next season. Probably the last has been seen oi Court Yard on a- racecourse, as it is tinderstood that he will be thrown out of training. It is doubtful if Fireguard will be produced at the Grand National Meeting. He is still lame, according to a Dunedin report, and inclined to carry one of his hind legs. The Greenmeadows trainer H. Neagle, who was taken ill at Hawera last February, has made a good recovery and returned to his home a fortnight ago. Unfortunately Neagle will be without the" present services of Lady F.urst, who is on the easy list as the result of a slight injury-. Black Banner, who has not raced for some time, is due to rur in the hurdle event at Waimate tomorrow and he will then probably be a starter in the South Canterbury Steeplechase at Washdyke next week. That race should give some line to his Riccarton prospects. Padishah, who is goin^ through a thorough preparation for the Grand National, was given two rounds at Hastings yesterday over the inside country with the hunter Royal Toast, and was assisted over the first round by Acron. The two hunters fenced well, and for the first round led Padislaah. but over the concluding stages the last-named had little difficulty in arriving home first. Though the Jefferd maiden Harina was not placed in her first and only start to date, in a race won by Te Ore at Hastings last month she attracted sufficient notice to suggest that she might be the next horse backed by this stable. She figures in tomorrow's maiden event at Hastings.